Earlier, the court had reserved its order on the PIL,

filed by NGO Social Jurist, against two notifications issued by Human Resources Development Ministry and Directorate of Education of Delhi government respectively. The notifications gave schools the power to formulate their own admission criteria, the PIL said. During the hearing, the court had made clear that its decision on the PIL would also affect nursery admissions for the 2013-14 academic session. The PIL has alleged that the notifications gave "a totally free hand to all unaided recognised private schools to formulate their own nursery admission criteria based on categorisation of children...". However, the categorisations of kids in admission have specifically been barred by the RTE Act, it said, adding that some schools still give preferences in admission on grounds such as religion, alumni and sibling. A federation of private schools, however, opposed the PIL, saying that the private institutions cannot be forced to "toe" the diktat so far as the admission process is concerned.